Factoid/2008/04/24
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Drawbacks of Current Beach Water Quality Testing for Enterococcus Bacteria
- "The difficulty with determining the sources of beach water pollution is that the indicator bacteria that are measured, typically Enterococcus sp. in marine waters, are present in the gut of all warm-blooded animals. The methods approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for beach monitoring do not differentiate between bacteria from an animal source, such as cow manure or pet waste, from human-based sources such as leaking sewer systems. Most watersheds are stressed by multiple sources of fecal pollution, making it very difficult to take action to clean up our waterways without knowing where to focus our attention." - excerpt from Surfrider Foundation's Coastal A-Z article, Tracking the Source of Bacterial Pollution.
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